Dagenham & Redbridge 1 Saunders 71 Bradford City 0 Saturday 3 March, 2012 It’s when your football team lets you down in the areas you expect them to be strong that the ultimate betrayal is felt. Matthew Saunders had put… Read More ›
Luke Oliver
Re-living the Essex sunshine as City travel to Dagenham
Dagenham & Redbridge vs Bradford City match preview @Victoria Road on Saturday 3 March, 2012 It was a gloriously warm April day in Essex. An extra cold cider was enjoyed pre-match outside a nearby pub, while we admired each other’s… Read More ›
View from afar
Torquay United 1 Stevens 12 Bradford City 2 Fagan 17, Reid 20 Saturday 18 February, 2012 By David Lawrence It had turned twelve o’clock so I thought I’d better set off for the match. Being a City exile I only… Read More ›
Key ingredients absent as Bradford City earn late draw
Bradford City 1 Davies 90 Port Vale 1 Dodds 39 Tuesday 14 February, 2012 This was an evening where it seemed, everywhere you looked, something was missing. Missing from the starting line up was captain Craig Fagan and joining him… Read More ›
The next stage of Parkinson’s evolution as City play Port Vale
Bradford City vs Port Vale match preview @Valley Parade on Tuesday 14 February, 2012 2012 has yet to get going for Bradford City – especially in view of the powerful way the previous year ended. Three defeats from three on… Read More ›
Looking for respect as Bradford City travel to AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon vs Bradford City match preview @The Kingsmeadow Stadium on Saturday 11 February, 2012 So then…no pressure on referee Gary Sutton tomorrow! Bradford City joint-Chairmen Mark Lawn’s extraordinary attack on refereeing standards in the Telegraph & Argus this week… Read More ›
Injuries mount as Parkinson looks externally for answers
Bradford City v Burton Albion match preview @Valley Parade on Saturday 21 January, 2012 There will be a 6 foot 7 inch hole in Bradford City’s defence when they line up against Burton Albion tomorrow. Luke Oliver was forced off… Read More ›
Still heading in the right direction as injuries cost City
Bradford City 2 Ravenhill 60, Seip 89 Morecambe 2 Davies o.g. 86, Ellison 90+1 Saturday 14 January, 2012 By Omar Eliwi Kevin Ellison played the role of pantomime villain at Bradford City once more, as City were pegged back by… Read More ›
The Midweek Player Focus #1: Luke Oliver
Were TIME magazine to start producing a Bradford City Man of the Year, there is little disputing that Luke Oliver would appear on its 2011 front cover. At 6 foot 7 inch, Oliver has always been a giant amongst men… Read More ›
City find beauty in the ugly to record third straight win
Bradford City 3 Hanson 24, Wells 30, Fagan 49 Shrewsbury Town 1 Morgan 78 December 31, 2011 This time it feels different. Numerous false dawns – both during the first half of this season and over recent years – have… Read More ›